by Sharon Chin

‘You ask Star Enterprise first. If you can’t find it here, it can’t be found’.

Here’s Part II of our feature on Star Enterprise, a well-known stationary shop in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. More pictures and a short interview with founder and owner Mrs. Tan, who seems to get younger every year!

by Sharon Chin

Ever since ARTERI began I wanted to do a photo gallery of Star Enterprise. It’s the stationary shop and stuffed treasure trove I’ve been digging in since I was a little kid.

by Sharon Chin

When I was young, I was babysat by my grandma, together with my cousin sister. She would spend the day with us, teaching us how to be proper ladies. I wasn’t any good at being a lady, but the nice thing about days with Po-po was that we always got a present that was some kind of stationary. She would buy two different things, and then we had to choose. One time, the choice was between this awesome pencil case (like seriously, it was blingin’) and a small box of Luna Staedtler colour pencils. It was the one with a boat on the cover and 12 barely 10cm-long pencils inside. My cousin got the pencil case (much to her delight), which left the colour pencils to me. It was my first box, and I loved them. These pencils have a very rough texture, but their pigment is intense. They are great for frottage, which is a technique where you put a piece of paper over something and rub a a pencil/crayon over it. I used to do with coins so that I had my own multi-coloured paper money.